አረሰ
Amharic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ-. Cognates include Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa) and Hebrew חָרַשׁ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)arːəsə/
- Hyphenation: አ‧ረ‧ሰ
Verb
አረሰ • (ʾarräsä)
- (transitive) to plough, to farm
- (transitive) to take care of one's parturient wife
Derived terms
- (instrumental noun): ማረሻ (maräša)
References
- Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “አረሰ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000) Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 13